Perion Network Ltd. (PERI)Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | NasdaqGS
9.10 USD
+0.29
(3.292%)
⇧
(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 9.10 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT
Perion Network presents a classic case of a company trapped between a broken business model and a skeptical market. Fundamentally, the enterprise is deteriorating; revenue is contracting by nearly 5%, operating margins are deeply negative, and the company is posting losses against a backdrop of shrinking top-line growth. While the balance sheet remains technically intact with low debt and ample cash, the inability to generate profit or grow sales suggests the core advertising technology proposition is failing to resonate in the current landscape. The price action reflects this reality. Despite a massive historical rally that saw the stock nearly triple in value over the last decade, the market has punished the stock severely in the last two years, erasing roughly 73% of its value. Although the most recent annual report showed a rebound, the path to recovery is steep, and the stock trades at a discount to book value that implies significant distress. The lack of analyst coverage and the absence of a clear turnaround strategy leave investors with little conviction. From a trading perspective, the options market confirms the stagnation. The complete absence of call speculation and the minimal put writing indicate that neither bulls nor bears are actively positioning for a breakout or a crash. The stock is effectively dead money until a catalyst changes the narrative. With no dividend to provide income and no clear growth story to justify a premium, the rational stance is to wait for a definitive sign of operational improvement before considering a long position. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.038634 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.040742 |
| AutoETS | 0.040742 |
| AutoTheta | 0.041342 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 4.84 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.084 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.00 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2011-03-22 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2011-03-22 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.548 |
| Revenue per Share | 11.072 |
| Market Cap | 375,856,288 |
| Forward P/E | 6.43 |
| Beta | 1.13 |
| Profit Margins | -2.95% |
| Website | https://www.perion.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct lack of speculative positioning. There is virtually no open interest or volume for out-of-the-money calls beyond the immediate expiration, indicating no bullish momentum play is being constructed. Put activity is similarly negligible, with the vast majority of open interest concentrated at the money or slightly out-of-the-money, suggesting traders are hedging existing positions rather than betting on a directional move. Implied volatility is elevated relative to the deep in-the-money strikes, hinting at a fear of downside gaps, but the overall market structure is flat and inactive.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-23 | 1.20 | 5.563282 |
| 2010-09-16 | 1.35 | 7.908612 |
| 2010-04-23 | 1.29 | 6.240929 |
| 2009-12-17 | 1.20 | 4.366812 |
| 2009-07-09 | 1.50 | 8.532423 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.037037015 |
| Address1 | 2 Leonardo Da Vinci Street |
| Address2 | 24th Floor Landmark Building |
| All Time High | 44.82 |
| All Time Low | 2.13 |
| Ask | 11.36 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 222,000 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 404,212 |
| Average Volume | 404,212 |
| Average Volume10Days | 222,000 |
| Beta | 1.128 |
| Bid | 6.47 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 16.836 |
| City | Tel Aviv-Yafo |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | Israel |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 9.1 |
| Current Ratio | 2.534 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 9.15 |
| Day Low | 8.79 |
| Debt To Equity | 3.548 |
| Display Name | Perion Network |
| Dividend Date | 1,535,328,000 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,400,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,400,200 |
| Ebitda | -9,857,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.0226 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -9.22 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.208 |
| Enterprise Value | 90,880,960 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.25 |
| Eps Forward | 1.415 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.36 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,300,838,400 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 9.1592 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.059199333 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.006463374 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -3.7037015 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 11.27 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.17 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.19254658 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 7.63 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.4700003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.19266059 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 7.63 - 11.27 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,138,717,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 36,338,880 |
| Forward Eps | 1.415 |
| Forward P E | 6.431096 |
| Free Cashflow | 55,083,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 511 |
| Fullday Change | 0.28999996 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 3.2917135 |
| Fullday Price | 9.1 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.33992 |
| Gross Profits | 148,280,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0057300003 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.58967996 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 41,302,889 |
| Industry | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Disp | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Key | advertising-agencies |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,300,838,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 1.2 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,535,328,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:3 |
| Long Business Summary | Perion Network Ltd. provides digital advertising solutions to brands, agencies, and retailers in the United States and internationally. It offers Perion One, a platform that offers seamless, streamlined experience for supply and demand side customers; Outmax AI Agent, an production-grade AI execution agent; Buying Technologies, designed to assist advertisers with campaign planning, design, activation, and optimization by providing data-driven recommendations and automations; Creative Platform, a technology platform enables the automation of high impact ad unit production across all formats; Supply Technology & SODA, Supply Management set of technologies designed to facilitate relationships with publishers by treating impressions in an optimal manner; Supply Optimization & Demand Amplification, an AI solution that helps publishers improve the monetization of inventory; Search Advertising Technology, a publisher management system that provides publishers access to online dashboard; and Agentic Development. Further, the company provides a publisher management system that provides analytics and performance optimization tools, as well as reports; search-demand management systems; monetization products that deliver algorithmic search results concurrently with sponsored listings; and AI systems. In addition, it operates as a in-store retail media company. The company was formerly known as IncrediMail Ltd. and changed its name to Perion Network Ltd. in November 2011. Perion Network Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. |
| Long Name | Perion Network Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 375,856,288 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_246745834 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -12,874,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 340,539,109 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 8.79 |
| Operating Cashflow | 36,829,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.07634 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.69 |
| Phone | 972 73 398 1000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 9.1 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,094,418 |
| Previous Close | 8.81 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 7.28 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.54050845 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8616249 |
| Profit Margins | -0.029509999 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.38 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.29 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.29171 |
| Regular Market Day High | 9.15 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.79 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.79 - 9.15 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.79 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.81 |
| Regular Market Price | 9.1 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,400 |
| Regular Market Volume | 195,816 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01228 |
| Return On Equity | -0.01964 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.046 |
| Revenue Per Share | 11.072 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 39,330,319 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0304 |
| Shares Short | 1,196,733 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,209,762 |
| Short Name | Perion Network Ltd |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0349 |
| Short Ratio | 1.95 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | PERI |
| Target High Price | 14.0 |
| Target Low Price | 12.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.0 |
| Target Median Price | 13.0 |
| Total Cash | 267,828,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.24 |
| Total Debt | 22,095,000 |
| Total Revenue | 436,217,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.36 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.6779 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.28795 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.18794918 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.02023581 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 195,816 |
| Website | https://www.perion.com |
| Zip | 6,473,309 |